S- 2 ▲ INSERT #65▼ Ndivukile the next day and I wasnt feeling too well. My tummy was so painful. I knew something was wrong. I had thought it was period pains kodwa khange kwenzekento ndigadile. Kanti kwenzeka ntoni? I wasnt just in pain this time, I was crying as well. Ekunzimeni kokuphakama ndiye ndahlamba ndaya ebathroom. In my head ndicinga inoba yinto endinokwazi ukutikhupha etoilet lena. As I took off my pj pants I was greeted by blood ndisojonga. What? Kwenzeka ntoni na? Maybe Im on my periods nyani this time. Kodwa xa ndijonga kakuhle this was a lot of blood for my normal cycles. Yes they were irregular kodwa this was too much. The pain came back again and it sent me to lie on the bathroom tiles on the floor. I screamed. Me: Aaah! Aaah! Okuhle! It seemed she couldnt hear me. Bendisifa zintlungu. I tried making as much noise as possible. Not just with the screaming. I banged on the door ontop of my head. Me: Okuhle! Help! Okuhle! After much shouting and wanting to get her attention she finally came in the bathroom. Wafika wabona lom mangaliso. Okuhle: What happened? Me: Andazi Okuhle: Sisi uphuma igazi Me: I know Okuhle, just call an ambulance Okuhle ebetatazela. She was scared and as frightened as I was. She rushed to the other room and came back with it already on the phone with the hospital people. Okuhle: Ok bye Me: Bathini? Okuhle: Bayeza. Just hang on tight Me: Okuhle ndiyoyika Okuhle: I know, nam ndiyoyika She looked like she had seen a ghost. She was shaking as she held my hand to squeeze it. Nam ndabe ndincancazela kwelam icala. What was going on apha? We waited for what seemed like forever to me and I was panicking. Me: Baphi Okuhle kutheni bengeka fiki? Okuhle: Maybe they got lost She stood up and started dialing again. Me: What? Youre not helping Okuhle: Im sorry I did not mean to scare you Me: Kodwa they couldnt get lost unless you didnt give them the whole adress Okuhle: I might have left out the house number Me: What! The sharp pain came back. Me: Aarh Okuhle: Nawe sungxama Me: Im here with blood coming out of me and I doubt on my period and Im in pain...nako wena ulibala ubanika house number Okuhle: Im sorry Me: It has not changed. For the years of your life youve lived here the house number has stayed the same Okuhle: Yima She called again. This time she didnt leave anything out. She even described the physical appearance of the house. Okuhle: Bathi masilinde Me: Again? Okuhle: Ewe Me: Yho hay Okuhle! Okuhle: Kuxolo mntase I was panicking. This was really not a good day. I was panicking and thinking of the worst. I was even confused. After some time obububhanxa be ambulance buye bafika. They were asking me a whole lot of questions. Are you pregnant maam? Did you fall? Are you sure? Me: No! Of course not. They started putting their instruments to check a whole lot of things. Okuhle: What is going on? They put me o that stretcher thing with wheels. Paramedic: We think she might be pregnant Me: What! Okuhle was shocked and so was I. Me: What? No Im not Paramedic: We think maam. We might be wrong. But you need to be rushed to the hospital They put me in the ambulance with my sister and it left for the hospital. On the way there I kept on convincing them that mna I was definately not pregnant. Xa sifika esibhedlele they had a doctor check me out first before anything could be done. Kwafumaniseka ukuba nyani I was pregnant. Ndaphelelwa zinyani. The doctor also said he had to rush me to the Emergency room kuba there was something wrong indeed with my baby. If I was not in so much shock I would be worried about how bad the babys condition was. Right now all I could think of was how this all happened. Then I thought back to all the nights mna naye spent together and he didnt use a rubber. Then I thought about what my life would come to if I did have this baby. How everything would change. What my parents would say and how it would change izinto endlini. I thought about my relationship with Athi and how this would affect us. Would he leave me? I thought about ubomi bam. My education and everything I hoped to accomplish before I get I child. Me: No man. I cant be pregnant. Not now Ndatsho ndangena kwi emergency room. Ndiye nda faint.a futhi. When I woke up I was greeted by bright lights on the ceiling. I looked around and noticed the white painted room. I the realised I was I the hospital room because I was in hospital clothing. They had admited me. Tjen Ndisajonge leyo I heard my sisters voice outside. I looked towards the door and noticed her and the doctor were outside.
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